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Gloria Obianyo
ActorBorn September 21, 1995 (30 years)
Gloria is a Rose-Bruford trained, award-winning actor.
Theatre credits include Paradise (National Theatre), for which she won first prize in the Ian Charleson Awards 2022, The Clinic (Almeida Theatre), Next Please: The Keyworker’s Cycle (Almeida Theatre), Maryland (Royal Court), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Girl from the North Country (Gielgud), Anthony & Cleopatra (National Theatre), Fanny and Alexander (Old Vic). Most recently Gloria played Cordelia in Yael Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida; her performance was singled out for praise.
TV and film credits include series 1 and 2 of Good Omens for BBC/Amazon, Murder is Easy for the BBC, Outlander for Starz, Eric opposite Benedict Cumberbatch for Netflix, the feature films High Life, appearing alongside Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning and Dune. Gloria played a supporting lead role in The Road Trip for Paramount+ in 2024 and recurs in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part serial for ITV, released March 2025.
WINNER – First prize, Ian Charleson Awards 2022
Theatre credits include Paradise (National Theatre), for which she won first prize in the Ian Charleson Awards 2022, The Clinic (Almeida Theatre), Next Please: The Keyworker’s Cycle (Almeida Theatre), Maryland (Royal Court), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Girl from the North Country (Gielgud), Anthony & Cleopatra (National Theatre), Fanny and Alexander (Old Vic). Most recently Gloria played Cordelia in Yael Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida; her performance was singled out for praise.
TV and film credits include series 1 and 2 of Good Omens for BBC/Amazon, Murder is Easy for the BBC, Outlander for Starz, Eric opposite Benedict Cumberbatch for Netflix, the feature films High Life, appearing alongside Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning and Dune. Gloria played a supporting lead role in The Road Trip for Paramount+ in 2024 and recurs in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part serial for ITV, released March 2025.
WINNER – First prize, Ian Charleson Awards 2022
Filmography
| 2025 | A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (TV Series) · as Joy Okoro |
| 2024 | The Road Trip (TV Series) · as Ila |
| 2024 | Eric (2024) (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 2023 | Murder is Easy · as Ngozi Ude |
| 2023 | Murder Is Easy (TV Series) · as Ngozi Ude |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One · as Osprey Agent |
| 2022 | Riches (TV Series) · as Young Oyin |
| 2022 | Andor (TV Series) · as Snee |
| 2021 | Dune: Part One · as Female Fremen |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Feel Good (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 2019 | Good Omens (TV Series) · as Uriel |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra · as Charmian |
| 2018 | High Life · as Elektra |
| 2014 | Outlander (TV Series) · as Mercy Woodcock |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Ds Blake |